The vice-chancellor’s mental health taskforce has announced during next semester students will be able to opt in to an initiative allowing UEA to inform a third party, such as a parent or guardian, about significant concerns over a student’s wellbeing. The taskforce is also introducing 15 other projects to support what the head of student services…
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Norwich city council introduce sustainable Roar Power
Norwich City Council, in partnership with ENGIE Power Ltd, have launched a new energy and gas provider, Roar Power. This service is not only environmentally ethical, but also socially beneficial for residents in Norwich and the East of England. The council has said gas and electricity will come from entirely renewable sources such as wind…
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‘Living next to students is a nightmare’
Peter, who lives in the golden triangle area of Norwich, an area very popular with students, spoke of the troubles of living next door to students. ‘I have lived in the area for 17 years but up until a couple of years ago, I had never had a problem. The house next door was turned…
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Norwich City Council responds to IPCC report on climate change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a report on 8 October stating that there are only a dozen years for global warming to be kept to a maximum of 1.5ºC. Clive Lewis, Labour MP for Norwich South responded to the news on Twitter, stating that ‘The physics of climate change dictate we must halve…
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Concerns arise over plans for the redevelopment of Anglia Square
Concerns have emerged over plans to redevelop the Anglia Square area of the city centre. Anglia Square is currently the oldest of Norwich’s three large shopping centres, first developed in 1970 with architecture spawning from the brutalist movement. Over 400 comments have been submitted since the original scheme was proposed, the majority of which are…
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Another city centre student flat development turned down by councillors
Despite revised plans by building developer SCY Student Accommodation Ltd, plans for the development of a block of 252 student flats have been rejected in a close margin by Norwich city councillors. The developers had bid to build the new block of flats on the Sentinel House car park on Surrey Street, just a few…
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Sean Bennett: To vote or not to vote?
Local elections do not offer the wall to wall, rip-roaring excitement of a snap general election. Filling the seats of a council just doesn’t live up to the buzz of dispatching doomed souls to Westminster or ruining decades of European solidarity in one night. Hot off the back of some of the most interesting politics…
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Campaigning begins for City Council elections
Voting for the Norwich City Council election is set to take place on Thursday 3 May, with a third of all seats up available to candidates. The current composition of the council is that of a sound Labour majority, with 26 out of the 39 seats under the party’s control. It is mathematically impossible for…
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New city accommodation controversy
Plans to provide more large-scale, private student housing in Norwich’s city centre have yet again sparked controversy. Following the addition of the newly-built Pablo Fanque House near to the bus station, plans have been made for two more buildings which will house a total of 750 students. The proposals included changes to St Crispins House,…
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